Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:10:17 05/24/02
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On May 23, 2002 at 21:47:29, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 23, 2002 at 20:54:58, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On May 23, 2002 at 16:19:49, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>On May 23, 2002 at 15:31:12, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>On May 23, 2002 at 14:48:08, J. C. Boco wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 23, 2002 at 11:17:29, Roy Eassa wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Now that Palm is migrating to the faster CPUs that Pocket PC uses, are you >>>>>>planning to abandon developing Chess Tiger for Pocket PC and just stick with >>>>>>Chess Tiger for Palm OS? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I would like to add a question. Given the StrongArm processors in Palms will be >>>>>available later this year, when will you have a StrongArm-Native ChessTiger for >>>>>Palm? >>>> >>>> >>>>I don't know. As soon as I get the necessary tools (compiler, IDE), but they are >>>>not ready at this time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> How much slower will a non-native version be? >>>> >>>>I don't know. It is possible that Chess Tiger running on a StrongARM emulating a >>>>DragonBall is as fast as on a real DragonBall. PACE (the DragonBall emulator in >>>>PalmOS 5) is only 80Kb in size and from what I read is very efficient. >>>> >>>>The speed of the emulator is not the only issue. The OS APIs are going to be >>>>MUCH faster, because the new OS is written in native StrongARM. And Chess Tiger >>>>uses the OS heavily to deal with hash tables (it is not possible to have direct >>>>access to big chunks of memory under the current version of PalmOS, so I have to >>>>call an OS API each time I need to access the hash table, that is on every >>>>node). >>>> >>>>I guess the native StrongARM version of Tiger will be 6 to 10 times faster, but >>>>it's just a guess. It could be more, not only because the clock runs faster >>>>(bigger MHz number) but also because on the ARM architecture you need less clock >>>>cycles to process one instruction (it's a RISC). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Christophe >>> >>>I am excited about this. A 2300+ master to carry around in my pocket! Thanks >>>Christophe, keep up the great work and great products! >> >>Exciting? maybe! but will things ever get any better after that (for handhelds)? >>S.Taylor > > > >Yes. Intel has planned a 1GHz XScale processor (which is a StrongARM compatible >processor, so it can be used to power a Palm). > >After that there will be 2GHz handhelds. > >After that, we will see 3GHz handhelds. > >It is expected that handhelds running at 4GHz will come a little bit after. > >... > >If you are afraid that your investment is outdated in 2 or 3 month, never buy a >computer or a handheld. > > > > Christophe I appologise that I've already repeated my question above before I saw your answer here. I suppose the problem is in ME. Either I like buying latest models as a hobby, or I should know how to be satisfied with what I have, for a long time, and concentrate on improving mySELF. I'm just waiting for the middle compromise, which might be with Palm 6. But then again, the companies won't be too happy about people like me being too satisfied for too long. But don't worry! I'll be the one to win, soon, and I'll be happy. Maybe with the 6! I mean, what about people who have to die, when will THEY have what they were waiting for? (and believe me, many fine people have already died!). S.Taylor p.s. I know someone who has a Palm 3.0 and doesn't dream of getting a new one, even though he uses his, every day for work. But when I showed him my digital camera module to my Handspring Visor, he looked a BIT interested!!!!
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